Table 4.
Statistics associated with (A) the odds of gaining weight within recommended levels for participants having knowledge of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) guidelines compared with participants without knowledge of the IOM guidelines and (B) the odds of having knowledge of the IOM guidelines for participants gaining weight below and above the recommended levels compared with participants gaining within the recommended levels.
Variable | n | Odds ratio (95% CI) | P value | |
A | ||||
Not knowing the guideline | 68 | Refa | —b | |
Knowing the guideline | 68 | 1.29 (0.64-2.59) | .48 | |
B | ||||
Within recommendations | 51 | Ref | — | |
Below recommendations | 37 | 0.54 (0.23-1.29) | .17 | |
Above recommendations | 51 | 1 (0.45-2.20) | 1.00 |
aRef: statistical reference group.
bNot applicable.